Sony725 and pal TV?

Posted by Nigel Pond [SysOp] [IP: 206.241.18.4] on October 19, 1999 at 08:56:48
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In Reply to: Sony725 and pal TV? posted by Harry on October 19, 1999 at 06:15:16:

Harry your message really belongs in Forum 6 but I'll leave it here as it is an interesting question and one (unusually) that I know something about.

First how old is your PAL TV? If it was made in the last 5 or 6 years it may very well be capable of displaying an NTSC video signal without conversion. It is not very well known but most TVs made for the European market can display NTSC on at least one of their inputs - I have a 6 yr old Philips Matchline (see link) which does just that, so you may not need a DVD player which converts NTSC to PAL.

In fact usually it seems to be the region coding of the disc that determines the format of the output. For example if I play a European region 2 DVD in my player, it outputs PAL, but if I play a US region 1 it spits out NTSC. The reason for this is that the native video format of DVD exists outside the PAL/NTSC divide - it is the MPEG decoding board that determines the final output (I think!).

So the answer to your question is that you may not need an answer!! Can you borrow a DVD player to try with your TV, just to be sure before you buy?

• Using PAL gear in the USA...

Follow Ups:

• Sony725 and pal TV? - Harry 00:43:47 10/20/99 (1)
  • Sony725 and pal TV? - Nigel Pond [SysOp] 09:29:40 10/20/99 (0)

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